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Equinties - Cheltenham day 2
BGP Capital
March 12, 2025
Gm Equinauts
Unless you’re stood in the queue for the toilets, a snowy Cheltenham in March is NOT something you’d have thought you’d have seen today.
Horses and jockeys awoke to a flurry of snow over Prestbury Park this morning, day two of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival.
Despite the chilly conditions many braved the blizzard to fit in a warm up lap before the racing this afternoon.
Clerk of the course Jon Pullin says the going… x.com/i/web/status/1…— ITV News West Country (@itvwestcountry)
9:31 AM • Mar 12, 2025
It’s a light covering and we are inclined to think it won’t impact the going too much. Yesterdays nice weather meant the ground dried further and we’re currently playing good to soft, good in places.
Cheltenham Festival - Style Wednesday 💃
Going update from Jon Pullin, Clerk of the Course
— CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces)
8:50 AM • Mar 12, 2025
New readers please note, our betting selections are often heavily ground oriented so make sure you’re following us on X @equinties should we have to change tactics with the going.
Let’s dive in.
HEADLINE ROUNDUP
CHAMPIONS DOWN
Just after punters got off to the best start possible as KOPECK DE BORDES obliged in the first at short odds, there was unbelievable and devastating turn of events in the betting ring which wiped punters out.
Firstly, MAJBOROUGH the banker at 1/2. The shortest price of the day. He knocked out every one’s hopes and dreams of landing lotto acca’s when walking through the last.
Acca’s down, bookies well up.
JANGO BAIE WINS THE ARKLE,
exactly, exactly, exactly how we called it:
— BGP Capital (@equinties)
2:09 PM • Mar 11, 2025
LOSSIEMOUTH soon got one back for the punters but the weight of the collapse of all acca’s containing MAJBOROUGH would have muted celebrations.
There was only one thing for it for punters - chase on the HILL. The market move was momentous. 8/11 all morning, the late squeeze saw him at 2/1 on. In terms of a percentage market move at Cheltenham, the strength of that move cannot be overstated.
Britain’s beloved champion, who racing so badly needed in a time of strife, fell.
CONSTITUTION HILL crashed out in the Champion Hurdle before the race even got started.
Silence. He is perhaps the only horse people racing punters care more for than their wallets.
For those not reading this newsletter, it was a day for the bookies. For us, we’ll stick with our game plan.
Let’s dive in…
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